《高中英语单词串记法》40篇英语短文语法填空题
1. Fall in Love with English
1 (hide) behind the loose dusty curtain, a teenager packed up his
overcoat into the suitcase. He planned to leave home at dusk 2 there
was thunder and lightning outdoors. He had got to do this 3 he was
tired of his parents’ nagging about his English study and did not want
to go through 4 any longer. He couldn’t get along well with English
and 5 (dislike) joining in English classes because he thought his
teacher ignored him on purpose. As a result, his score in each exam never
added up 6 over 60.
His partner was concerned about him very much. She understood exactly
7 he was suffering from, but entirely 8 (agree) with his idea.
In order to calm him down and settle 9 problem, she talked with
him face to face and swapped a series of learning tips with him. The items
she set down helped him find the highway to 10 (study) English well.
The teenager was grateful and got great power from his frie nd’s words.
Now, he has recovered from being upset and has fallen in love with English.
2. Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes
Voyages of people from England play an important part in spreading
1 English language. At present, English is frequently spoken 2
an official or common language in many countries, such as America, Singapore,
Malaysia and some African countries. All 3 (base) on British English,
the English spoken in these countries can 4 (understand) well by
native English speakers. But actually, these Englishes 5 （change）
gradually in accents, spellings, expressions and the 6 (use) of
vocabulary.
Because of this fact, you can make use of the differences to tell
7 country the foreigners of your block are from. For example, if a
boss fluently commands 8 driver, “Come up straight to my apartment
by elevator 9 take some gas for my trucks and cabs”, instead of
requesting, “Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my
lorries and taxis”, you can recognize his American identity, 10 the
latter suggests that he is British.
3. A Hard Trip
My sister was fond of traveling. Ever since graduating, she 1 (determine) to organize a trip to an old temple. Since transporting
fare was expensive, she decided to use a bicycle to cycle there not 2 (care) about the disadvantages. 3 stubborn attitude was always
her shortcoming. Once she made up her mind to do something, no one could
persuade her to change her mind. Finally, we gave in 4 usual
though we preferred to take a train. 5 we prepared everything,
including the schedule,
6 (rely) weather forecast and the insurance, we began our
trip.
Our journey was along a river 7 (flow) from a high altitude. Our
pace was slow because the river frequently had many sharp bends through
deep valleys, 8 the water seemed to boil. Just as I recorded in
my journal, it was really 9 hard journey. But we also enjoyed great views. One night, I put my head on my pillow — parcel of wool coats, 10 lay beneath the stars. When the flame in front of our cave went out at midnight, I found the sky so beautiful!
4. A Horrible Earthquake
Dirty water rose in wells and canals 1 the earthquake. But no one judged that an earthquake 2 (come). Suddenly, everything shook. It seemed as if the world was at an end. Millions of brick houses and a number
of dams were destroyed. Railway tracks became useless bars. Pipes in mines
burst and let out smelly steam. Huge cracks trapped cyclists everywhere.
3 next day, this event was the headline or main title of all newspapers. With the reporters
4 (give) an outline of the disaster,
the whole nation was shocked 5_ ___ the damage and the victim’s extreme
6 (suffer). People were moved
7 they read that the survivors comforted each other by saying “Congratulations! You survived!”So they
not only expressed 8 sympathy sincerely, but also organized together 9 (help) the victims right away. The injured were rescued
and the dead were buried. The frightened survivors were dug out from under
the ruins and 10 (offer) shelter, fresh water and electricity. Thanks
to people’s hel p, the loss was minimized.
5. The Great President
As the founder of the republic, the president had many good qualities.
1 coming to power, he was a generous lawyer. He was willing to selflessly help everyone
2 turned to him. He accepted no fee
3 (offer) legal guidance and opinions to those who were out of work or uneducated. Later,
4 (believe) all mankind to be equal, he devoted
5 to stopping the unfair anti-black laws. He set up the Black Youth League
and 6 (vote) to be the leader. However, 7 he kept peaceful principles without violence and terror, his mean enemies still blew up his house and attacked his relatives, 8 he himself couldn’t escape 9 (sentence) to 30 years in prison.
Not fearing of the prison guards’ 10 (cruel), he kept active and begged no mercy from them. As a matter of fact, he was always hopeful and
never lost heart during the stage even though he was in trouble.
Finally, people rewarded him with the leader’s position and a gold blanket.
6. A Brave Maid
A wooden vase from the Ming Dynasty at the entrance of the reception
hall ___1 (amaze) everyone. The artists designed it in a rare style
and selected __2 (value) jewels to decorate it. People thought
highly __3 its fancy colour of honey and the beautiful paintings on
it.
The vase used to belong to a former castle. ___4 when the country
was at war, the enemy troops exploded the castle. Debates on how the vase survived went on and on. In order ___5 (remove) people’s doubt, a team
of no less than 20 people carried out ___6 informal investigation.
The evidences they found showed ___7_ _ a maid took the vase apart
and asked a sailor to sink it in a local well. __8 never gave away
the secret even under the cruel trial of the enemies ___9 were in search of treasures.
It is worth ____10 (give) this brave maid a fortune in return.
7. A Fair Competition
Swifter, Higher and Stronger stands ___1 the spirit of the Olympics. But fairness is the basis of this motto. Only __2 you
win fairly will you and your homeland deserve the great glory. __3 nowadays, unlike the ancient honest slave competitors, some hopeless athletes ___4 can’t bear the pain of training cheat when taking part in games. Medals seem to have magical power ___5 (cause) them
to cheat, and the prize money has replaced the motto as their only goal.
So, in the gymnastics event ___6 (hold) in our city next month, one
of the host’s ___7__ (responsible) is to keep competitions fair. They advertised on posters outside the stadium to promise that every competitor
is to have a regular physical examination in a gymnasium __8 after another. No one can bargain on this. The volunteers in charge will be very strict. ___9 is foolish to cheat because they ____10 (not admit) to compete and will even be fined as well.
8. Computers
The goal of early calculating machines was to ___1 (simple) difficult sums. But with the help of new technology, electronic chips replaced tubes
and a revolution of artificial intelligence has arisen. From then on, __2 appearance of computers totally changed our lives. They can not only download information from the wet when __3 (connect) by the network or mobile phone signals, but also solve different ___4 (type) of logical problems. With operators as their coaches, they can even control rockets
___5 (explore) the moon and instruct androids with the human race’s characters to mop floors and watch over your naughty niece. Anyhow, computers are so helpful ___6 they do bring happiness.
___7__, computers are easily attacked by viruses. This reality __8 (become) a hard-to-deal with-problem. As a result, computers are dangerous
___9 a way. So, personally, I worry about ____10 universal
applications in some fields, such as finance.
9. Wildlife Protection
Dinosaurs died out because of ___1 unexpected incident. But wildlife today disappears or is in danger just __2 humans do harm to it. For example, tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves; grassland __3 (destroy) without mercy so that dust storms come into being affecting distant cities.
Last year, scientists saw some monkeys ___4 (rub) themselves with a certain kind of insects to protect themselves ___5 fierce mosquitoes biting. According to the result of the inspection, they found that the insect contains a ___6 (power) drug, so local farmers were employed to catch the insects. The ending was ___7__ the insects disappeared from the whole zone. When __8 (tell) that it was a loss to humans, the farmers burst into laughter and responded, “___9 real loss is our decreasing income.”
We should appreciate the natural balance and pay more attention to the importance of wildlife protection. Not ____10 we succeed in letting wildlife live in peace, can we smile in relief.
10. My First Band
I was very sensitive to music. Just ___1 (dip) into the music books briefly, I could sing or play well. To be honest, I always __2 (dream) of becoming a famous folk actor. I was so confident __3 I never decreased my devotion.
I formed my first band ___4 (call) “Rolling Frog”. At the beginning, we relied ___5 performing on instruments in pubs or to passers–by to earn extra money in cash. Then we wore false beards to pretend to be the musicians ___6 people were familiar with. In addition, we attached humorous acts to our performances and played jokes on each other. Soon, our “funny jazz” became famous and ___7__(invite) to perform for broadcast stations began to come. Afterwards, we sorted out attractive music __8 made a record in a studio. A million or so ___9 (copy) were sold and we became millionaires.
____10 was painful that the band broke up finally. But above all, I realized my dream to be a musician.
11. An Interesting Festival
The Agricultural Feast takes place after the Independence Day. It is not a worldwide celebration. Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its ___1__ (arrive) for its religious origin.
Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept ___2__ word. So God turned up and drowned all their crops. Humans starved day and night, weeping. In order to gain God’s forgiveness, a woman poet set off to see God. She admired God and kept apologizing. God ___3__ (move). With his permission, humans finally had good harvests again. So, to wipe sadness and remind themselves of the belief
in God, people began the festival.
__4___ the festival, people gather in open air, such as playgrounds __5___ parking lots, and energetically have fun with each other all night long, as though they ___6__ (be) never tired. When a beauty __7___ (dress) up in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of __8___ poet, everyone holds their breath. Then, it is the custom __9___ the bone of a rooster head is given to her as an award.
Obviously, the story is not true, __10__ the festival is interesting.
12. Balanced Diet
Wang Peng earned his living by running a barbecue restaurant; __1___ served delicious bacon, fried chicken breast and mutton roasted with pepper and garlic. __2___ his food and discount attracted fewer and fewer customers. Finally, he was in debt. Yong Hui’s slimming restaurant served fresh peas, carrots, eggplants, and raw cucumbers with vinegar. As ___3__ hostess, she said fibres benefited customers' digestion the most. In order not to let Yong Hui get away with telling lies, Wang Peng spied on Yong Hui despite her glare. But he was surprised that she ___4__ (lose) her customers, too.
___5__ (curious) drove Wang Peng to consult an expert. The expert sighed and said, “__6___ of your menus have weakness and limited strength. Your customers put on weight too easily, __7___ Yong Hui’s lose weight too quickly. So, Wang Peng, cut down the fat of your food and increase vegetables and fruits, __8___ nuts, beans, mushrooms, peaches and lemons. You ought to combine the two menus and provide a __9___ (balance) diet.”
Before long, Wang Peng won __10__ customers back.
13. Sailing Home
This novel was about an unbelievable but genuine adventure. Its author was a black businessman ___1__ was brought up in America. In 1956, he visited Africa, his birthplace. One day, when he __2___ (wander) on the pavement near the bay enjoying the sea scenes, he lost his money and passport that he kept in __3___ envelope. So he went to the embassy to seek help, but the ambassador with rude manners didn’t permit his staff to help __4___ he bowed to him. Staring at his __5___ (patience) face, he understood that __6___ was the fault of his skin colour that accounted for their refection. So he decided to take a chance to sail on a small boat home.
He met a large amount of difficulty but was never stopped. On the contrary, difficulty pushed him to go ahead __7___ (hard). Three months later, he was spotted by a ship by accident. He was in rags indeed. A maid even screamed when __8___ (bring) him a steak and pineapple dessert. Aboard, he earned his passage by working __9___ a barber and got home finally. As for the name of his novel, he couldn’t think of a better one __10___ the phrase “Go Ahead”.
14. Explore MKII
MKII, a planet billions of kilometers away, is the origin of life in many religions. Physicists ___1__ (prove) the theory that its gentle climate and the pull of its gravity are similar to the earth’s. And astronomers have found that oxygen atoms and carbon dioxide, ___2__ are fundamental to life, exist in __3___ atmosphere through satellites. Cheered up __4___ this news, biologists, in their turn, began to do some research to remove people’s puzzles—Now that there are some suitable conditions, does life really exist on this globe? Do they multiply by laying eggs __5___ giving birth to babies?
Last month, __6___ spaceship was sent there. It’s a pity __7___ this mission failed. Unlike the earth, MKII is a much __8___ (young) planet. Thus, masses of harmful acid clouds float everywhere __9___ (cause) violent chain reactions to break out. These clouds not only blocked out the pilots’ sight but also damaged the engine system. __10__ (luck), the pilots watched out carefully and prevented the spaceship from crashing in time.
15. A Journey across Canada
After a quiz last autumn, Kuang crossed the continent eastward to Toronto to visit his schoolmate, the distance measuring approximately 5,000 kilometers.
His train started from Vancouver, a city surrounded by mountains. __1___ confirming his baggage was aboard the train, Kuang settled down in __2___ seat. Having a gift for communication, he started chatting with ___3__ passenger within 5 minutes. Their topics included the ___4__ (Canada) traditions, the Prime Minister, the mixture of races, and the terrifying Great Fall. After a nice buffet at noon, he was pleased to find that the scenery was __5___ (impress). He saw beautiful harbours in the distance, wealthy urban areas and maple forest __6___ covered thousands of acres. He even managed to catch sight of an eagle __7___ (fly) upward over bushes.
Kuang reached Toronto which __8___ (lie) slightly near the border at a misty dawn. There was frost and __9___ broad downtown streets were very quiet. __10___ it was early, Kuang phoned his schoolmate in a booth nearby at once rather than waiting for him to come. They had a good time together.
16. A Woman Doctor-Lina
___1____ ( bear) in a pigs’ nest, Lina led a poor life in her childhood. She was looked down upon by the children of her generation. But she intended to become a doctor after she came across Lin Qiaozhi by chance, ____2___ was delivering medical courses to an audience crowding around her. Before moving off, Lin inspired her to carry on her study. ____3____Lin’s support, Lina entered an institute and studied hard ___4____(spare) no time for entertainment. ___5____being outspoken and modest won respect for her. Her excellent arguing skills ___6____ observation ability put others into the
shade.
Now, Lina ___7______(become) a specialist in human beings’ emergency sickness. Her ___8____(kind) and considerate behavior to the poor were well known. The organization she founded carried out campaigns and welfare projects to help cut the death rate for ___9____ poor. Her job was hard but worthwhile. She often refers ___10____ the connection between her achievement and Lin Qiaozhi, and says that her poor childhood is the bond between her and the poor.
17. A New Farming Way
Tuan was a farmer in Vietnam. For decades, he ____1_____(struggle) to rid his family of hunger. However, it always confused him ____2_____ to expand the output of his crops. This disturbing problem led to his regretting _3____(be) a farmer. He would rather have chosen another job.
One day, when ___4_____(skim) through a newspaper, Tuan read a comment ____5___ Yuan Longpin. He underlined Yuan’s nationality and occupation, and then focused on his discovery and the statistics of his research. He found the knowledge Yuan circulated very ___ 6____(practice). Therefore, he made a summary and began to build up ____7_____new farming method. He planted super grain of rich nutrition and equipped____8_____ to keep his crops roots free from bacteria and pests. He also enriched minerals___9______the soil while reducing chemical fertilizers. ____10_____ it cost him more time and freedom, he was full of hope.
The next year, Tuan was sunburnt but satisfied with his production very much. Thanks to Yuan Longpin, he not only won the battle against hunger, but he could also export his crops abroad.
18. Chaplin-A Great Master of Humour
Chaplin was an extraordinary performer who ____1____(star) in and directed many outstanding comedies. Few were bored ____2_____(watch) his moustache, his gestures or his entertaining reactions when ___3______(chase) by detectives. Being drunk, sliding on a banana skin or whispering ____4_____ own failures to nobody, he made us feel more content with our life without any verbal explanation. His particular sense of humor has astonished everybody throughout the world up to now.
In ___5____ small budget film, he played a badly-off and ___6______(home) person wearing worn-out shoes and messy clothes. ____7 _____ one occasion, he was trapped by a snowstorm in a vast mountainous area. ____8_____ he overcame many difficulties, he wasn’t fortunate enough. With all the porridge eaten up, he picked out a shoe and boiled it to eat. He cut ___9______ the leather bottom and chewed it like a pancake. According to an actress, his acting was so convincing and amusing ____10_____ everybody couldn’t help bursting into laughter.
19. A Misunderstanding
In general, spoken statements are the major way of communication, ___1______ body language and facial expressions also have such kinds of function. For example, yawning means being not interested and turning ____2_____ back to someone or swinging your fist ___3______(show) your anger. But _____4____ those gestures really mean is subjective in different cultures. Thus, misunderstandings happen now and then in today’s world of cultural crossroads.
Once ___5______(represent) the Adults’ Education Association, I went to the airport to meet _____6____ official of high rank from Columbia and take him to his dormitory and then to the canteen. After the flight arrived, I saw a man looking around _____7____(curious). So I approached to greet him. ___ 8______ suddenly dashed to hug me and kissed me on both cheeks. ____9 _____ a young girl, I felt truly embarrassed and put up my hands to defend myself. His false smile told me that he had lost face.
Later, I received a cassette from him, in which he recorded his apology. On hearing that Columbians were more likely to kiss others, I soon felt ____10_____ ease.
20. A Unique Theme Park
As soon as our shuttle got close to the theme park ____1_____ the freeway, everyone came to life and put on cloth sneakers in advance for ____2_____ outing. Our_____ 3____(translate) paid for the admission, and we started enjoying the various attractions ____ 4_____ the sunlight.
According to the travel brochure, this unique park is famous for ___5______ well preserved minority culture. We experienced many deeds of the early settlers, such as swinging across rivers, hunting creatures in the jungle, or _____6____(take) part in swords fighting tournaments.
This park is also famous for its wooden souvenirs. Whichever we bought in the central shop ___7______(make) of wood, and ___8______ we went we could see minority carpenters ____9_____(work). They made wooden tools, wooden cartoon figures, wooden athletic products and so on. They even built a huge wooden engine with a length of 20 metres, ___10______ was modeled after a real one.
This theme park is really a fantasy amusement park. No wonder it has become the brand of local tourism.
21. A Strange Disease
When the construction of the firework factory came to the stage of painting, a pump was put in. Then, all the painters in the neighbourhood were defeated by a severe disease ___1_____characteristic was alike to that of a bad burn.
An expert physician ___2____(instruct) to attend to the victims and handle this case. He was enthusiastic, ___3_____ he didn’t foresee that it was a hard challenge. After simple enquiry, he announced that the polluted paint was ____4_____(blame). But ____5_____positive evidence,
people suspected and rejected his view, saying the theory he put forward made no sense. Being much more strict with ____